Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linuxism

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The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 14:35, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

Linuxism

Programmers often use $platform + -ism to describe a non-portable characteristic, try a google for bsdism, aixism, osxism, solarisism, irixism, etc, etc (I'ld be surprised if you could find a popular platform where a programmer hasn't used this term). And even particular compilers, programming languages, libraries and standards (eg: gccism, posixism, glibcism, bashism). This topic is much wider than this one usage, a Statement to this effect could be added to portability if nescessary, after Delete-ing this article. -- taviso 20:20, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. wictionaryism, JargonFileism, nonnotableism. --Tokek 20:43, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Dicdef, at best. Alai 21:55, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep looks notable to me.Stancel 22:44, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep -- the paradigm word is "vaxism", which the Jargon File describes as a set of characteristics that can only be assumed true on a DEC VAX. The real problem is that while the subject is encyclopedic (I would recommend a category for "Portability Issues in Programming") the article doesn't say very much. I would recommend someone with multiple-platform programming experience do some work on this one, maybe add a few similar articles. Haikupoet 23:59, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, and expand. Has some notability. Megan1967 04:43, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, has the possibility to grow and be worthwhile --Freyr 04:50, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. It's not notable as anything apart from the aforementioned $platform + -ism. Linuxisms are different specifically but they are identical generally to any other platformism. If this is added to portability, the adding author should certainly expand on what exactly constitutes a Linuxism, or AIXism, or VAXism, etc ad infinitum. --Okto8 22:25, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - possibly redirect to some sort of Platformism article, or put it in Wiktionary. Whig 07:47, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

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